Framing disaster resilience: The implications of the diverse conceptualisations of "bouncing back"

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 252-270

  Aldunce, Paulina ^a,b   Beilin, Ruth ^b   Handmer, John ^c   Howden, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

"Bounce back"; Climate change; Disaster risk management; Disasters; Framing; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900846600     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DPM-07-2013-0130     Document Type: Article

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